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Topic: Boss RV3 repair? |
Alan Rudd
From:
Ardmore, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 10:12 am |
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| Does anyone know where I can get an RV3 repaired other than sending it back to Boss and having to pay a mint to get it fixed? I've already spent a bench fee at a place here in Oklahoma just to be told they couldn't fix it. I told the man a bench fee is supposed to go toward the repair, not just to look at it. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 11:19 am
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I'd send it to Boss. Or buy a used alternative. That'd be cheaper.
A Bench Fee IS just to look at it. If there's nothing they can do, they still deserve payment for their time, don't they?
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Alan Rudd
From:
Ardmore, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 11:23 am
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| Guess I just assume they are capable of fixing it if they take your money,but I agree time is money. I had a guy in Franklin, TN that could fix them and charge you $20...guess I got spoiled. Sure wish I hadn't lost contact with that guy. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 11:52 am
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What was his name? It might be possible to find him.
Years ago, I had a Datsun that broke down, and the problem was hard to diagnose, I paid for the purchase and installation of several parts I didn't need (I guess he should have checked for primary voltage at the coil instead of just saying "the coil doesn't fire, must be bad), and still didn't end up with a running car (the ignition module was a dealer only part that was on backorder). Still had to pay for his time...
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Kevin Raymer
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Chalybeate, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2014 3:20 am
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A bench fee should be to cover a business man's time for analysis and trouble shooting.
And to protect from customers abandoning junk in their shop.
They ought to provide you an explanation of what's wrong and an estimate for repair in exchange for your bench fee.
If they are not skilled enough or educated enough or diligent enough to do so then no I don't think they deserve the bench fee.
If they do and you choose not to invest in the repair then their time is covered.
Auto repair is a lot the same way if you get an honorable mechanic.
I've seen my dad battle an elusive automotive trouble and change out a part that didn't fix it, and not charge the customer labor for that parts installation, and only cost on the part. He'd put the old part back on if he could.
A little bit of honor and common sense goes a long way.
IMHO
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Kevin Raymer
Zum / Knaggs / Breedlove
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Mark Greenway
From:
Lake Kiowa, Texas
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 1:59 am
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Might be easier to buy something used as you've spent time and $$$ already on a dead end. There's a not working RV3 on eBay going for $50 BIN. The seller may have come to the same conclusion. Sometimes the parts are not available unless you have savvy friends in Taiwan. Rather than wait for a donor to happen by once someone's diagnosed the problem, (which you will have to pay for) since this pedal is not made anymore, you'll have a working replacement with your old one for parts if you get another working unit. That happened to me with a Boss tremolo pedal. I emailed a pedal guru who said the same thing, where do you find the parts. These pedals are built like original Tonka trucks but every once in a while something fails.
If you are partial to your pedal you might try contacting Mike as he mods the RV3 but only he can tell you if he can actually help.
http://www.analogman.com/dd5.htm
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 5:31 am
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I'd ask analogman about it too.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 5:57 am
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I used to do Amp Repair. If something was brought to me that I felt I couldn't repair, usually I wouldn't accept the item (and there was no charge).
Without a schematic, there is no logical way to troubleshoot. I ran into a lot of equipment with proprietary part numbers that were not cross-referenced and unless the company will sell you the parts it can't be fixed.
However, there are cases where you don't know and do not have a schematic but you find something obvious once the device is opened and is fixable.
If someone brought me something that I wasn't sure of and they asked me to look at it anyway then there would be a charge even if I didn't fix it.
If the repair shop has a sign about a "bench charge" and/or tells you there will be one just for looking at it, the customer has the option to accept it or go somewhere else.
Lots of "if's". |
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Gary Arnold
From:
Panhandle of Florida, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 9:36 pm
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I contacted BOSS and told them I was a working player and needed it fixed. You need to ask for permission(confermation number) to ship it in to be fixed and then send it to them. They fixed mine and sent it back at no charge, they were great to work with. You will have to contact the "Roland Music Co" as they own BOSS, they are on_line   Gary |
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